特 tè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 牛 — ox, cow, bull
- Made of
- 牛 ox, cow, bull 寺 court, office
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
特色
tèsè
special feature
Characters in this word
色 sè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 色 — color, tint, hue, shade
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 巴 to cling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这里有特色。 Zhèlǐ yǒu tèsè. This place has a special feature.
- 这是本店特色。 Zhè shì běn diàn tèsè. This is our shop's special feature.
- 特色菜好吃。 Tèsè cài hǎochī. The house special is tasty.